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  1. Re:opt-outs on When Opting Out of Ad Tracking Doesn't Opt You Out · · Score: 2

    no. Opt out is a complete scam. You should be required to have express consent of opting in, before any tracking is done. any and all tracking is simply unauthorized and that is why I strongly recommend adblock or any other version of adblocking for every tech site (especially techreport), and basically the web itself.

  2. Re: Innovation? on Full Screen Mario: Making the Case For Shorter Copyrights · · Score: 1

    number of distributions does not matter. it's the profit motive which has been tested in courts (or at least attempted).

  3. Re:Yeah, but they nailed the "documentation" part on Oracle Attacks Open Source; Says Community-Developed Code Is Inferior · · Score: 2

    yeah, 100k pages of fucking garbage.

  4. Re:POLICE STATE AMERICA on DOJ: Defendant Has No Standing To Oppose Use of Phone Records · · Score: 1

    should apply, not does. that's part of the current issues at hand. If probable cause exists but court is a rubber stamp, then what?

  5. Re:Oh, I totally agree... on Nokia Design Guru Urges Apple To End Cable Chaos · · Score: 1

    Yes there is. One is what I'm saying, the other is an anon troll.

  6. Re:Oh, I totally agree... on Nokia Design Guru Urges Apple To End Cable Chaos · · Score: 2

    wrong approach. just because it's better (and it is), doesn't mean for even a second it should be used if it's proprietary. Either force apple to open it up 100%, or find a non proprietary solution. In the case of phone cables, proprietary does not work.

  7. Re:and once they have the vulnerability informatio on NSA Director Wants Threat Data Sharing With Private Sector · · Score: 1

    wrong approach. This isn't to anyone's benefit, this is their attempt at transparency in ways they're comfortable with.

    in short: fuck the public.....but hey! Customers! Here's the people who enable our careers so please don't fight against us, we'll give you information?!

    this is NSA damage control.

  8. Re:I don't even trust them with my real birthdate on Facebook Autofill Wants To Store Users' Credit Card Info · · Score: 1

    the only difference here is that instead of them already having your credit card info via various sources, now you're giving it to them outright.

  9. Re:Some people... on GTA V Proves a Lot of Parents Still Don't Know or Care About ESRB Ratings · · Score: 1

    oh, if only there was a rating system to help people understand what content a particular game contains! /s

  10. Re:They've got a good shot at it on Valve Announces Steambox, Sort Of · · Score: 1

    sure, if they were talking about old games. They aren't.

  11. Re:Ahhh ... on Nokia's Elop Set To Receive $25 Million Bonus After Acquisition · · Score: 5, Informative

    You are exactly correct: embrace extend extinguish, same as always. This is no different. The extend was Elop -> Nokia, and back to MS after the damage is done.

  12. Re: All? on Can Internet Pseudonymity Be Saved? · · Score: 1

    there is no balance, and there never will be. It's a different medium, and you're trying to apply the rules of one medium to another. That entire logic is a complete fallacy.

  13. Re:BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA on True Size of the Shadow Banking System Revealed (Spoiler: Humongous) · · Score: 1

    There is no government in the way that you're implying it.

    There is the corporations, and the people they pay to control. whether you work for them directly, indirectly, or not at all is the only difference with any shadow banking system.

  14. Re:betteridge's law of headline on Can GM Challenge Tesla With a Long-Range Electric Car? · · Score: 4, Insightful

    a union isn't automatically like you perceive. They can be good or bad, and it's up to the individual union. The function of a union as provided by Nadaka however, is correct. A union's intention is to equalize rights of the worker. Not "fuck people over" or "be lazy", as you have implied twice.

  15. Re:betteridge's law of headline on Can GM Challenge Tesla With a Long-Range Electric Car? · · Score: 1

    I have to agree. I saw a tesla and mistook it for a mercedes. Those cars look pretty good to me. I'm sure as hell that I wouldn't refuse one if offered.

  16. betteridge's law of headline on Can GM Challenge Tesla With a Long-Range Electric Car? · · Score: 4, Insightful

    why do people even try to submit shit articles with bad questions? Betteridge's law easily applies here. GM is not going to "Challenge" tesla, and they don't need to. It's an explicitly unnecessary question.

    The correct question is: "is GM going to continue developing and improving electric cars?" to which the answer is already clearly yes.

  17. Re:Country spies on other country on Belgium Investigates Suspected Cyber Spying By Foreign State · · Score: 1

    The Art of War is so out of date that it's hilarious. You have to interpret it with a very specific dialogue to try to convince yourself it applies to modern day anything.

    meanwhile, its' warfare. Which is not what we're talking about.

    You may as well have said to quote the bible, because you'd be just as accurate.

  18. Re:All? on Can Internet Pseudonymity Be Saved? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I don't understand how people call "improving civility" legitimate. It's literally the exact opposite. The first amendment exists because you can offend people and/or not be civil. If you disallow that, you're saying people don't have a right to speak freely. Yet, we here we have craznar trolling. go figure.

  19. Re:Country spies on other country on Belgium Investigates Suspected Cyber Spying By Foreign State · · Score: 4, Insightful

    As an american citizen, I do not want them doing this.

    What is the point of even acting like we have diplomacy if we subvert the very principals of the diplomatic process in the first place?

  20. Re:First World Problems on Apple Sued For Dividing Final Season of Breaking Bad Into Two On iTunes · · Score: 1

    They agreed to the contract. There is no way around that, even if it was the label that made the decision. You are arguing nonexistent semantics.

  21. Re:time to impeach on Device Security: How Border Searches Are Really Used · · Score: 1

    also, when did I ever say we need to elect a libertarian?

    solutions exist and they're clear as fucking day.

    enforce and require real transparency. Prevent anything from being classified under any classification under any circumstances whatsoever would be an easy and simple, actionable solution. Remove all current actionable reasons for refusal to comply with FOIA.

    there's two.

    So far I see you provide none. You are a fucking waste of oxygen.

  22. Re:time to impeach on Device Security: How Border Searches Are Really Used · · Score: 1

    Why yes, I am the president. I can always come up with specific actionable solutions!

    your solution so far (attacking me) is no more of a solution than my pointing out an obvious bad idea. way to help things out, moron.

  23. Re:time to impeach on Device Security: How Border Searches Are Really Used · · Score: 1

    why are you swearing at me? basic common sense shows your ideas are terrible ideas.

    or did you simply mean to reply anonymous and fail as usual?

  24. Re:First World Problems on Apple Sued For Dividing Final Season of Breaking Bad Into Two On iTunes · · Score: 1

    apple has the last say on every aspect of the itunes store, because it is *their* store. they are responsible, even if they may not have a direct hand in the matter.

  25. Re:Yup on Apple Has a Lot In Common With The Rolling Stones (Video) · · Score: 1

    that's where we were in 2008, but it takes people a while to catch up.

    how many ethical issues have we had with apple since then?